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Tim McKernan, "Barrel Man" to Broncos fans, dies at 69
The Denver Post ^ | December 5, 2009 | Annette Espinoza

Posted on 12/06/2009 9:06:50 AM PST by EveningStar

Tim "Barrel Man" McKernan, an avid Broncos fan who was known for wearing a barrel, cowboy hat, cowboy boots and not much else, died in his sleep this morning of lung failure. He was 69.

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TOPICS: Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: barrelman; broncos; denver; denverbroncos; football; nfl; profootball; timmckernan

1 posted on 12/06/2009 9:06:51 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

RIP for a die hard fan.


2 posted on 12/06/2009 9:07:45 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: scott says; mainepatsfan; Perdogg

NFL


3 posted on 12/06/2009 9:09:55 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: 4everontheRight; ABG(anybody but Gore); Abbeville Conservative; akorahil; albee; Americanwolf; ...

NFL PING

FReepmail scott says to be added to, or to be taken off the NFL Ping list...
This is a fairly high volume ping list

4 posted on 12/06/2009 9:11:33 AM PST by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: EveningStar

One of sports greatest fans. Sorry to see him go.


5 posted on 12/06/2009 9:23:32 AM PST by discostu (The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression)
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To: EveningStar

RIP

6 posted on 12/06/2009 9:26:02 AM PST by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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To: EveningStar

The stuff that makes sports fun


7 posted on 12/06/2009 9:41:38 AM PST by llevrok (Love and mental illness are similar. At first, all seems normal.)
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To: EveningStar

RIP.


8 posted on 12/06/2009 12:08:00 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: llevrok

His was a fun outfit, even though the barrel kept “getting smaller.”

Some of the Raiders fans look like escapees from the ninth circle of hell.

RIP to a great fan.


9 posted on 12/07/2009 7:35:33 AM PST by Loud Mime (The time to water the tree of liberty approaches...)
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To: EveningStar

RIP, Barrel Man. We’ll miss seeing you.


10 posted on 12/08/2009 9:18:21 AM PST by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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